Tetrachaete

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| species = elionuroides

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Tetrachaete is a genus of plants in the grass family.Chiovenda, Emilio. 1903. Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8(1): 28–29, figure 1[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25520498 Tropicos, Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov.] The origin of the genus name is Greek, from tetra for "four" and chaite, for "bristle."[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00629.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] There is only one known species, Tetrachaete elionuroides, native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen, and Oman.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=446280 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420.{{Cite web |url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/tetracha.htm |title='Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 12 August 2014 |access-date=22 February 2015 |archive-date=25 July 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040725064953/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/tetracha.htm |url-status=dead }}[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-446280 The Plant List, Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov. ]